Kwara Government will on Tuesday, 11th February, 2025, begin the second phase of the Big Catch Up, BCU, child immunisation.
The state Immunization Social Mobilisation Officer, Dupe Shittu, disclosed this at a meeting with immunisation stakeholders in Ilorin, stressing that the meeting was aimed at promoting the second phase of the BCU by reassuring communities of vaccine safety and effectiveness
9News Nigeria, reports that the initiative is part of a broader strategy to address significant gaps in immunisation coverage exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Shittu, noted that children aged zero to five years, who had not completed their immunisation schedules, would be vaccinated in the phase, as she emphasised the need for children to be immunised against killer childhood diseases.
The officer stated that the exercise would be carried out at designated health centres and vaccination posts across the state, as she called on all stakeholders to create more awareness of the exercise in communities for a successful implementation of the exercise.
Shittu therefore urged parents and caregivers to take advantage of the opportunity to immunise their children, emphasising that the vaccines were free, safe and effective.
Meanwhile, the state Immunisation Officer, Hajia Sarat Yunus, who spoke on immunisation strategy for BCU, said that the vaccines were essential for protecting children against diseases such as polio and meningitis.
Yunus added that the programme aimed to ensure that children would receive necessary vaccination to safeguard their health and well-being.
